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Sequoia won't open Photos library from external drive
- Thread starter danpass
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Exact same library works fine when opened from the internal drive ....
I can find the external file but the moment I try to open it from there it, "Switch Library?"
bam .... crashes. It used to show an error message, Unable to Open, something like that.
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Exact same library works fine when opened from the internal drive ....
I can find the external file but the moment I try to open it from there it, "Switch Library?"
bam .... crashes. It used to show an error message, Unable to Open, something like that.
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Slartibart
macrumors 68040
just to be clear: how do you try to open it? another side note: the T7 uses APFS or another file system?
I had formatted the T7 with Mac OS Extended
I originally tried opening from within Photos, when it was the System Photo Library, as usual but no go.
Then I tried clicking on the file directly, which opened Photos and right into an error window
Since the Sequoia update clearly broke something the Photos app it would crash immediately, no option to find the folder.
So I copied the photos file to the internal drive and it works fine in that case.
Trying to re-open the same file, from the Photos window, from the external drive, just brings up an error message.
I originally tried opening from within Photos, when it was the System Photo Library, as usual but no go.
Then I tried clicking on the file directly, which opened Photos and right into an error window
Since the Sequoia update clearly broke something the Photos app it would crash immediately, no option to find the folder.
So I copied the photos file to the internal drive and it works fine in that case.
Trying to re-open the same file, from the Photos window, from the external drive, just brings up an error message.
Slartibart
macrumors 68040
2 things you can try:
In any case: have a look into the Photos crash log in the Console. If needed post it here. What is the error message you mentioned exactly?
- import the library the Apple way. Quit Photos. Press and hold the Option key, then click the Photos icon in the Dock. In the Choose Library dialogue, select the library you want to import photos into, then click Choose Library.
- Repair the library
In any case: have a look into the Photos crash log in the Console. If needed post it here. What is the error message you mentioned exactly?
Slartibart
macrumors 68040
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Ok, despite the OS process restarting itself, I went ahead and did a manual restart.
Now the external file, SAME EXACT FILE, SAME EXACT DRIVE ..... works fine, including being able to set it as System Photo Library again.
That is a very MS Windows sort of thing that I thought I had gotten away from.
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Ok, despite the OS process restarting itself, I went ahead and did a manual restart.
Now the external file, SAME EXACT FILE, SAME EXACT DRIVE ..... works fine, including being able to set it as System Photo Library again.
That is a very MS Windows sort of thing that I thought I had gotten away from.
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ileencuccaro
macrumors newbie
I have been trying to open my library's forever now. I have 3 on external hard drives . I had one opened last year with help with apple tech support we finally got one opened and all was well now when I try again the library opened but not the newest one, was 6 years old and missing all my albums. All I want is too have all my photos in one spot to keep organized. there are like 26,000 of them